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Meteorology

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Knollenberg probe

Weather; Meteorology

Popular term for a set of optical particle probes for counting, sizing, and/or imaging aerosols or hydrometeors, named for the inventor, Robert G. Knollenberg.

Part of the Kuroshio system. Between longitudes 155° and 160°E, considerable water turns south and southwest, forming part of the Kuroshio countercurrent. It runs at a distance of approximately 700 ...

kilomole

Weather; Meteorology

One thousand gram-moles of a substance.

large-scale convection

Weather; Meteorology

Organized vertical motion on a larger scale than atmospheric free convection associated with cumulus clouds. The patterns of vertical motion in hurricanes or in migratory cyclones are examples of ...

long-crested wave

Weather; Meteorology

Ocean surface waves that are nearly two-dimensional, in that the crests appear very long in comparison with the wavelength, and the energy propagation is concentrated in a narrow band around the mean ...

light

Weather; Meteorology

Often synonymous with visible radiation but sometimes applied to electromagnetic radiation well outside the visible spectrum.

knik wind

Weather; Meteorology

Local name for a strong southeast wind in the vicinity of Palmer in the Matanuska Valley of Alaska. The knik wind blows most frequently in the winter, although it may occur at any time of year. In ...